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Equatorial mass loss from Be stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2011

Cyril Georgy
Affiliation:
Geneva University ObservatoryChemin des Maillettes 51, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland
Sylvia Ekström
Affiliation:
Geneva University ObservatoryChemin des Maillettes 51, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland
Anahí Granada
Affiliation:
Geneva University ObservatoryChemin des Maillettes 51, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland Fac. de Cs. Astr. y Geof. Universidad Nacional de La Plata - IALP CCT La Plata, UNLP-CONICET, Argentina
Georges Meynet
Affiliation:
Geneva University ObservatoryChemin des Maillettes 51, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland
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Abstract

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Be stars are thought to be fast rotating stars surrounded by an equatorial disc. The formation, structure and evolution of the disc are still not well understood. In the frame of single star models, it is expected that the surface of an initially fast rotating star can reach its keplerian velocity (critical velocity). The Geneva stellar evolution code has been recently improved, in order to obtain some estimates of the total mass loss and of the mechanical mass loss rates in the equatorial disc during the whole critical rotation phase. We present here the first results of the computation of a grid of fast rotating B stars evolving towards the Be phase, and discuss the first estimates we obtained.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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